The Assessment of Default Probability for the Project Finance Transactions

The article reviewed approaches to the development of internal rating models in project finance. Empirical research was based on the collected sample of data on various investment projects, including financial, industrial and regional indicators. The model estimating the probability of default for the project finance transactions (within the framework of internal ratings based (IRB) approach) and using an econometric model of binary choice was developed. On the basis of the developed model the decision making algorithm on project participation was formulated. New results of this research lies in the use of Russian statistics when adapting the proposed approach for project finance transactions.